Have Low-Income Households Been Failed by the Sale of Social Housing?

2023-01-06T06:00:00Z

Since 2018, the selling-off of social housing in France, as in other countries in Europe, has accelerated. What are the social effects of such measures? Matthieu Gimat, Manon Le Bon-Vuylsteke and Bruno Marot examine the lessons that France can learn from policies implemented in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
In 2018, the approval in France of the so-called “ELAN law”, aimed at reforming property legislation, revived debates on the sale of social housing. While social

- From the Field / privatization, Germany, social housing, housing, United Kingdom, Netherlands

The reconstruction of Beirut: sowing the seeds for future conflicts?

Bruno Marot & Serge Yazigi & translated by Oliver Waine — 2012-11-14T10:59:43Z

Periods of post-war reconstruction are often the backdrop for new socio-economic and political dynamics. In Beirut, the rise of market-led urbanism, a lack of proper urban planning and the far-reaching sectarian polarisation are all factors that could raise questions about the model of urban regeneration implemented and arouse new socio-political tensions.
“Beirut in times of peace has been more disfigured and destroyed than in times of war.” While the city centre, devastated by the combats

- From the Field / gentrification, developers, governance, urban renewal, residential mobility, reconstruction, Lebanon, Beirut, conflict, urban regeneration, demolition

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Have Low-Income Households Been Failed by the Sale of Social Housing?

The reconstruction of Beirut: sowing the seeds for future conflicts?